DavidE
02-23-2009, 09:14 AM
Headed out Friday afternoon from Seaforth on board the Orion to San Martin.
The ride down was smooth and the group of guys on board were awesome.
Everyone had a good time BS'ing and hanging out. Being the new guy to this fishing group, I made a couple new friends on the stern.
Saturday morning we hit our first spot for a 400FT drop. On goes the black 16oz jig. Drop and sink and sink and sink and sink. Then THUD!! Wind and wind and wind and wind then .... wind some more and wind and wind ... then a big @55 boccacio is on my jig. Up and over the rail and wind em boyz we're moving.
Second spot is not as much winding and we get plenty of reds and assorted rockfish. The reds were running 5-7 lbs with a mix of 2-3 pounders as well.
Third drift, the shrimp has defrosted and from then on Big Big ... Did I say BIG Whitefish!!! Some of these things looked like they could go 12-15 lbs. I don't know if the did but these were HUGE!!
In addition to these beasts we got into a group of Goats that loved the shrimp. Big Goats 10 lbs, 7 lbs, etc ... then the females 2-3 lbs, etc ....
We did manage 1 yellow that hit a megabait with a squid strip attached. That fish went 20-25lbs.
Day one ended with everyone tired and lots of fish.
Day two was drifting for more of the same but heading north. The current was ripping pretty good both days so staying on the bottom was tricky sometimes.
Anyways I didn't fish as hard on day 2 pretty much because I was beat and had a ton of fish. I think I ended with:
10 whitefish
10 assorted rockfish
(4-5 sheephead - 4-5 Reds)
1 Big Boc
That looks about right.
Anyways way good times on the Orion!! Capt Bryan is a fish killer for real !!!
Later
The ride down was smooth and the group of guys on board were awesome.
Everyone had a good time BS'ing and hanging out. Being the new guy to this fishing group, I made a couple new friends on the stern.
Saturday morning we hit our first spot for a 400FT drop. On goes the black 16oz jig. Drop and sink and sink and sink and sink. Then THUD!! Wind and wind and wind and wind then .... wind some more and wind and wind ... then a big @55 boccacio is on my jig. Up and over the rail and wind em boyz we're moving.
Second spot is not as much winding and we get plenty of reds and assorted rockfish. The reds were running 5-7 lbs with a mix of 2-3 pounders as well.
Third drift, the shrimp has defrosted and from then on Big Big ... Did I say BIG Whitefish!!! Some of these things looked like they could go 12-15 lbs. I don't know if the did but these were HUGE!!
In addition to these beasts we got into a group of Goats that loved the shrimp. Big Goats 10 lbs, 7 lbs, etc ... then the females 2-3 lbs, etc ....
We did manage 1 yellow that hit a megabait with a squid strip attached. That fish went 20-25lbs.
Day one ended with everyone tired and lots of fish.
Day two was drifting for more of the same but heading north. The current was ripping pretty good both days so staying on the bottom was tricky sometimes.
Anyways I didn't fish as hard on day 2 pretty much because I was beat and had a ton of fish. I think I ended with:
10 whitefish
10 assorted rockfish
(4-5 sheephead - 4-5 Reds)
1 Big Boc
That looks about right.
Anyways way good times on the Orion!! Capt Bryan is a fish killer for real !!!
Later